Education
DEd, Walden University
MA, Grand Canyon University
BA, California State University
Biography
Cynthia Chovich originates from Michigan and moved to San Diego county to complete her bachelor's degrees in English and Liberal Studies at California State University. She began her teaching career in southern California and eventually moved and continued teaching in rural northern Arizona. Chovich earned her master’s degree in Curriculum and Instruction from Grand Canyon University.
While still teaching in the public education system, she also served as an adjunct instructor for Eastern Arizona College and Northern Arizona University for ten years. Chovich was recognized as an outstanding educator and was selected as Teacher of the Year by the state of Arizona. She earned her doctorate in Educational Leadership from Walden University.
After over twenty years of public education service, Chovich joined the faculty of Colorado Mesa University in 2007. Chovich’s expertise is in language and literacy acquisition and development. She also teaches integrated technology, assessment, curriculum and instruction, and educational pedagogy.
Chovich’s teaching philosophy while in public education was to meet the individual needs of her students through innovative and creative teaching strategies. She continues this practice at the higher education level while also motivating and educating future teachers. Chovich teaches her students not only about the content and techniques they need to be effective educators but about the critical role they will soon have in a child’s life. She always reminds her students that the world will be just fine because looking into the eyes of tomorrow is a teacher.